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NZ masterplan goes to Farrells
Farrells has beaten competition from Foster & Partners, Frank Gehry, SOM and Gensler to masterplan a mixed-use redevelopment scheme in Auckland, New Zealand.
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RIBA looking for floodproof home
RIBA and insurer Norwich Union have launched a joint competition to design a floodproof home.
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NewsTheatre foyer given the go-ahead
CZWG’s East Terrace Foyer, part of its Bournemouth pavilion and gardens project, has been granted planning permission
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NewsBlears stops KPF’s Smithfield General Market redevelopment
Communities secretary Hazel Blears has vetoed plans by Kohn Pederson Fox to demolish a set of Victorian red brick buildings at the western edge of the historic Smithfield meat market in Farringdon, central London.
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NewsTowering pillars to mark 7/7 victims
Architect Carmody Groarke has revealed its designs for a permanent memorial to the victims of London’s 7/7 bombings.
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RIBA form leaves firms vulnerable, says insurer
An insurance specialist has warned architects not to use the RIBA’s new standard form of agreement, claiming it could lead to bankruptcy in the event of an uninsured claim being made against them.
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NewsThirteen practices shortlisted for RIBA South West awards
Thirteen practices will battle it out in the seventh annual RIBA South West Town & Country Design Awards next month.
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Mecanoo wins Birmingham Library competition
Mecanoo has won the competition to design the new Birmingham Library, beating fellow Dutch stars OMA along with Foster & Partners, Foreign Office Architects, Hopkins, Wilkinson Eyre and Schmidt Hammer Lassen.
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NewsFoster scheme has clear run in Croydon
A 150,000sq m scheme by Foster & Partners now looks likely to be built at south London’s Croydon Gateway site after communities secretary Hazel Blears effectively ruled out rival plans by Michael Aukett Architects.
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NewsKen blasts Boris for ditching 100 Public Spaces programme
Former mayor of London Ken Livingstone has launched a stinging attack on his successor Boris Johnson, accusing him of cost cutting and “hypocrisy” following BD’s revelation that he has axed the 100 Public Spaces programme.
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NewsSave offers alternative to Pathfinder home razing
Mark Hines Architects has teamed up with Save Britain’s Heritage on a proposal aimed at stopping the demolition of 400 houses in east Manchester.
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ID:SR appointed for Media City UK
ID:SR, the interior design team at Sheppard Robson, has been appointed to design the interior workspaces of the BBC’s Media City UK broadcast centre at Salford Quays.
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NewsAukett shifts staff to focus on work in Middle East
Architectural giant Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has moved 30 of its design staff to work on projects in the Middle East.
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NewsDunster’s ZedFactory reveals plans for luxury Bath eco-home
Bill Dunster’s ZedFactory has unveiled plans for a luxury eco-home in an area of outstanding natural beauty outside Bath.
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Hodge criticised over heritage bill
Culture minister Margaret Hodge has been slated by MPs over the draft heritage protection bill, which they claim will cost far more to implement than claimed and is badly undermined by a lack of local authority skills.
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NewsBSF ‘fails to tackle outdoor space’
The government’s £45 billion Building Schools for the Future Programme has been slammed as a “gross missed opportunity” for outdoor space and landscaping by a leading landscape architect.
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Camden’s streets set for makeover
Camden Council in London has unveiled the first stage of plans to improve the Camden Town area.
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NewsCanalside scheme launched
Stiff & Trevillion Architects has completed the mixed-use Portobello Dock scheme for developer Derwent London.
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NewsChilterns gets sett
Lewis & Hickey has won planning permission for this 370sq m private house in the Chilterns.